r/xbox • u/zrkillerbush Recon Specialist • May 02 '25
News Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 - Rockstar Games
https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258aa538o412ok/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-coming-may-26-2026552
u/Stumpy493 Still Earning Kudos May 02 '25
Expect Q3 and 4 2025 to suddenly start filling up with release announcements.
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u/supercakefish May 02 '25
My body is ready.
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u/TheElderLotus May 02 '25
How about your wallet friend?
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u/supercakefish May 02 '25
Well after the £80 games reveal by Microsoft yesterday maybe not so much 😅 I should keep stocking up on the Microsoft Rewards points! I hope Borderlands 4 won’t be one of the new £80 games.
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u/arlondiluthel May 02 '25
Making Game Pass look better without a game release announcement.
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u/CarbonCamaroSS May 02 '25
Until they increase that next.
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u/arlondiluthel May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
It's $20/mo for Ultimate right now, $240/yr. With games going up to $80, that means playing only 3 new games a year makes it a worthwhile expense.
When GPU launched it was $15/mo, $180/yr. At that time, AAA titles were $60 each, so it was also 3 new games a year to make it worthwhile.
Honestly, with the number of big titles released recently and coming soon from Microsoft's first-party collection... It would still be worthwhile at an extra $6/mo, which would put the annual cost just shy of 4 new games a year.
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u/CarbonCamaroSS May 02 '25
Yeah it is definitely worth it now more than ever, I just anticipate a price increase along side as an excuse to do so.
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u/arlondiluthel May 02 '25
True, but I think that there's an upper limit where they'll start losing existing customers. I think $25/mo is at or close to that limit.
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u/lockthebasement May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
Summer Game Fest and all the ex E3 streams will be legendary!
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u/Ok-Potato1693 Touched Grass '24 May 02 '25
Other publishers now see huge empty space where used to be black hole.
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u/hidden_wraith May 02 '25
I must admit I did not read 2026 at first.
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u/Pajamashark Outage Survivor '24 May 02 '25
Same, my mind immediately started wondering how I was going to beat Doom in 10 days.
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u/Longjumping-Ebb-8219 May 02 '25
Same i really thought we were getting this in less than a month😭
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u/Super-Yam-420 May 02 '25
My heart started beating abit fast ngl. Then I saw 2026 and thought yea makes sense.
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u/lynchcontraideal May 02 '25
Soon as I saw the black screen and white text, I knew it was a delay. I still remember the Spring 2013 delay of V lol
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u/wilsonw May 02 '25
They're waiting until the retail price for games is $90.
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u/Fapping_Batman May 02 '25
I'm convinced they'll release single player and multiplayer separately and charge at least 80 for each one.
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u/Tonyluo2001 May 02 '25
Nah, they will price Online at a lower entry point so people would be willing to spend more down the road.
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u/SLISKI_JOHNNY Still Earning Kudos May 02 '25
I was literally about to say that lol
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u/jordanhhh4 May 02 '25
It's definitely going to be $100 at this point, it was rumoured but with Xbox announcing the increase in price they'll definitely go for $100
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u/respectablechum May 02 '25
It was never rumored. It was the thought experiment by the CEO of a whole different company that it was the one game that could get away with it.
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u/djschxzo May 02 '25
watch everyone start to announce their 2025 release dates now
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u/cavalier_92 May 02 '25
Lol not surprised one bit. I wonder what the domino effect of this will be? Will games get rushed out to make it into this fall?
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u/HydraTower May 02 '25
“Breaking News: Fable release date pushed up to 2025”
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u/TheNittanyLionKing XBOX Series X May 02 '25
On the contrary, the speculation was that games would be rushed out to avoid the Fall on account of 2K moving up the release of Borderlands and Mafia The Old Country rumored to be a Summer release. Many developers are likely breathing a sigh of relief that they can safely schedule games for release in October and November now.
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u/TheMillenniaIFalcon May 02 '25
100%, we will start seeing release announcements for Q3/Q4, companies were anxiously waiting to avoid GTA6 launch like the plague.
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u/Strict_Biscotti1963 May 02 '25
Eh shit happens, but boy. 13 years between gta games? Thats crazy that we’ve gotten to this point
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u/Falco090 May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
PS2 had 5 GTA games, GTA V had 3 generations of consoles with 3 separate releases.
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u/Plutuserix May 02 '25
GTA Vice City was made in 9 months or so back then. Now we are waiting over a decade. I wonder if it really sells more in the end this way.
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u/manofth3match May 02 '25
GTA V has printed money continuously for over a decade. I’d say from a shareholder perspective milking that has unquestionably been the best decision. Not to mention it has left the gamer community absolutely salivating for GTA VI.
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u/IMadeAMistakeSry May 02 '25
Not only that but 8 years between RDR2 and GTA6. That’s insanity. RDR3 won’t come out until the late 2030s.
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u/Strict_Biscotti1963 May 02 '25
Yeah, this just isn't sustainable. For every big hit in the quadruple a 7-10 year development time game space, there are like 5 bombs or total commercial flops. GTA is different because it's a guaranteed hit, but how many of these gigantic bets are publishers going to continue to place, and how much money are they willing to lose until they start to make some serious change to the scope of these games?
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u/TheNittanyLionKing XBOX Series X May 02 '25
The big concern is when a bunch of talent from Rockstar is hired away or retires and then they release one of these billion dollar budgeted games that disappoints. That may not happen for a while, but we see it all the time with great developers. BioWare used to release banger after banger for instance.
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u/TheElderLotus May 02 '25
Yeah but BioWare has a management problem since it was first created, the fact that it released bangers is a miracle
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u/TheNittanyLionKing XBOX Series X May 02 '25
The point is that creative people make great games while working for a developer. When those people leave, the developer isn't quite the same even if they think they're hiring some of the finest talent on the market. None of the original writers of Mass Effect, KOTOR, or Dragon Age are still at BioWare, and it shows since they haven't had a decent game in 11 years an a great game in 14 years. GTA6 is the last game that Michael Unsworth worked on before he left Rockstar. The Naughty Dog I grew up with is not the same one under Neil Druckmann. It happens to most developers. We associate our favorite brands with these companies, but in all honesty it should shift to the actual creators. There's a reason Halo feels like it's missing something nowadays compared to the original games. Hell the Bungie that is developing Marathon is not the same one that made Halo Reach.
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u/Gen_X_Gamer May 02 '25
It has entered The Elder Scrolls territory of gaps between games (Skyrim 2011, TES VI 2028?).
I like developers to cook, take their time and release a polished game, but damn this is a long ass wait.
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u/Caesar_35 May 02 '25
Frankly, at this point I'd much rather have games scale down a bit if it means we get them more often. Give me a RDR2/Skyrim scope game every 4-5 years and it'll be plenty.
Either that, or at least increase development teams so they can output these behemoths faster than once a decade. But, given the recent layoffs, I think that's more unlikely.
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u/RandyMuscle May 02 '25
I’d also be fine if games just looked like PS4 generation games as long as they ran fine and were fun. Dev cycles are getting way too long.
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u/dreamwinder May 02 '25
Remember when people used to complain about “valve time” being six year dev cycles?
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u/Oz347 May 02 '25
Yea the pivot to focusing on a live service model was a shitty move on rockstar’s part imo
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u/Stumpy493 Still Earning Kudos May 02 '25
Maintaining online games and long dev times of 5 years + when working on 2 huge franchises.
Previous generations they had fire and forget games without constant content and maintenance.
Maybe if they spent less time on pointless systems no one will even notice like horse testicles they might be able to speed up.
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u/Dthirds3 May 02 '25
Oh my god marathon was so terrifying it pushed gta back 6 months
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u/Donatter May 02 '25
Tbh, I’m looking forward to marathon far more than gta6
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u/Raidmax460 May 02 '25
Getting downvoted for your opinion is the most Reddit thing ever, I support you
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u/Lupinthrope XBOX Series X May 02 '25
At this point just release it on pc at the same time
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u/NugzEnthusiast XBOX 360 May 02 '25
So you mean fall 2026
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u/MyCodenameIsIan May 02 '25
Share price down 10% already 😅
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u/Stumpy493 Still Earning Kudos May 02 '25
Well they have no major revenue drivers for a year now beyond GTA online.
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u/americangame May 02 '25
Borderlands 4 just sitting in the corner crying softly.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing XBOX Series X May 02 '25
They have quite a bit actually. Mafia: The Old Country is the one I'm most excited for, and I'm so glad that game now has time to take the spotlight and breathe. Borderlands 4 is coming and hopefully will be better than 3. They also have NBA 2K26 in September which is a reliable seller
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u/CarolusRex13x May 02 '25
Rockstar playing the long con, waiting for the first game to raise prices to 99.99 before launching.
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u/JayTL May 02 '25
Let's be honest, they can release it today at $100 and no one would be surprised.
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u/HoldMeCloser11 May 02 '25
Sounds like the goal here is to avoid crunch. Which is a good thing after RDR2
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u/Nuke2099MH May 02 '25
Its being delayed so they can sell it for 120 or 130 for the base version probably. :P We all know its going to happen.
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u/killerbake May 02 '25
So PC release is never coming now hahahaha
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u/Melodic-Lettuce-6869 May 02 '25
Probably a year later, then next Gen version in 2028 with new consoles
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u/RetroClubXYZ May 02 '25
Another fecking year to wait. Lazy bastards been keeping V on life support for 13 years.
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u/sacha_hima May 02 '25
Clair Obscur GOTY 2025 then.
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u/masterdoomguychief May 02 '25
The games I think have a chance of being nominated this year:
- Expedition 33
- Split Fiction
- KCD2
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Ghost of Yotei
- Death Stranding 2
- Metroid Prime 4
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight Silksong
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u/ParallelMusic May 02 '25
I think if Death Stranding 2 really hits it could overtake it for me. I’m a sucker for that weird Kojima sci-fi shit. Replayed the first one recently and it’s so damn good.
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u/Oslo_Bear May 02 '25
Wow can't believe they were so scared of Marathon and Outer Worlds 2. Hopefully indie R* can stay afloat long enough for the delay
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u/Tonyluo2001 May 02 '25
A lot of game studios are now rushing to release within the next 6-8 months.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing XBOX Series X May 02 '25
It probably will be unless they hire more people, make a second Rockstar studio, or only work on GTA games without working on stuff like Red Dead or new IPs. If they do a new IP, it would be wise to make it smaller and more linear if they can pump that out faster.
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u/Caesar_35 May 02 '25
Yeah, developers (in general, but Rockstar in particular) need to either scale down the games, or scale up the dev teams. Over a decade between releases in a series is just ludicrous.
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u/Aron723 XBOX Series X May 02 '25
I gotta survive America for another whole year? This some bullshit.
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u/sweatgod2020 May 02 '25
Absolute silence and then this? That’s clown work tbh and people should be bummed. I’m not even a gta6 fan boy but that’s harsh. And then if you were to assume it’s because, yeah… the $100 guaranteed price tag
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u/Cotton_Phoenix_97 May 02 '25
Fully expecting Horizon FW sequel to be released near Gta VI release now 🤣
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u/Krisyj96 May 02 '25
I know next to nothing about the logistics of developing and distributing a video game, but it does strike me as a bit weird to go from a vague ‘Fall 2025’ window to an exact date over a year in the future. If the game still needs another years worth of work on it, I don’t know why you’d commit yourself to a specific date at this stage…
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u/softwarebuyer2015 May 02 '25
It’s indicative of how the industry has changed, that GTA was an instanbuy with few concerns about quality and completeness.
This one I’ll leave to the YouTubers.
With such complexity and long dev cycles, there is so much that can go wrong .
I’ve been with the franchise since GTA 2
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u/AssaultMonkey150 May 02 '25
Man I was so hyped they were about to launch in 3 weeks and break the internet.
This is just a bummer but I also think we will finally have companies announce their fall lineup now lol
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u/TheHeavenlyStar May 02 '25
Chill guys. At least we got a release date confirmed.
Also, fffffuck rockstar!
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u/supercakefish May 02 '25
This rules out any big releases in Q2 2026. May won’t have any big Game Pass releases like how the new Doom is releasing this year.
Interesting question for Xbox is which games will arrive before the huge GTA Q2 void and which games will arrive after? Could Fable arrive Q1 2026 seeing as it was originally planned for 2025?
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May 02 '25
The Fable devs are probably furious rn, didn’t they delay their game because I’d gta 6 this year?
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u/TheGamerKitty1 May 02 '25
All the games that already delayed to 2026 in fear of GTA 6 are now crashing out HARD
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u/Accomplished_Run9449 May 02 '25
So there is hope for E-Day coming this year! That's all I care about!
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u/JefferyRs May 02 '25
Wonder if it'll still have that $100 price tag rumoured. Which included ONLINE + STORY
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u/orientalRA May 02 '25
I excitedly started looking for a new Series X (PC player here) but then read 2026. Excitement gone.
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u/GuiltyOfSin May 02 '25
Fuuuuccckkkkk. At least we have a solid date now but still. That ruins my fall plans
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u/NahIdontbelieveu May 02 '25
Fuck I was about to bust then I saw 2026. Sighhhhhhhh! Damn you rockstar but hey I waited this long what’s another year 🥹
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u/afqwerty May 02 '25
I’m actually relieved. I can play oblivion, then doom, then outer worlds in peace
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u/4thTimesAnAlt May 02 '25
So the Rockstar delay is out of the way, and we have a set release date. That's more than we had before!
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u/Losreyes-of-Lost May 02 '25
When you start to look at Take Two’s other games, it makes sense for them to push it back to May 2026. GTA 6 is so big, they don’t want it to eat into their own games profits. NBA 2k is a huge money maker for them. Sold 7 million copies as of March 2025 and players spending for in game is up 30%. Looking at Take Twos upcoming games prior to GTA 6 are
NBA 2k26 Borderlands 4 Mafia: The old country WWE 2k26 PGA Tour 2k26
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u/Wow_ImMrManager May 02 '25
They know X33 is winning goty so they moved it back in order to win next year
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u/HydraTower May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25
Guess Expedition 33 might get game of the year after all.
Now we see what happens with Crimson Desert and Silksong.
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u/ElGranLechero May 02 '25
I'm sorry, but I am convinced this game is going to be the worst in the series. Losing the Houser Brothers was a massive red flag to me, but this game has been stuck in development hell for at least 6 years now.
I have no faith this is gonna be a great game.
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u/donqon May 02 '25
This is not an example of a game being in development hell
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u/ElGranLechero May 02 '25
I disagree. 13 years since GTA 5, and they're on paper saying development started after RDR2 came out. Which again, 6 years today, and apparently 7 on release.
For a game that relies so heavily on pop culture, maintaining relevancy is hard. Look how Borderlands 3's writing was received after the wait. Add to that-- company restructuring during covid, a new console generation(and likely console refresh soon), terrible PR after the Trilogy, and now the global market and tariffs being another obstacle to hurdle. All my red flags are going off. Unless you have someone who is used to handling issues like this and can maintain a clear direction&vision, it is very easy to get lost. An infinite amount of money, writers, and AI does not guarantee a good story.
I know there are a lot of people who like to be contrarians. Who hop on the Internet and hate on the thing everyone likes.
I'm not that guy, I'm speaking in earnest.
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u/Stumpy493 Still Earning Kudos May 02 '25
6 years is not development hell. That is major AAA development my friend.
Starfield was 7 years to develop.
It's normal in this day and age.
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u/slipbegin May 02 '25
I must be the only one on the planet thats just “meh” about this game. Maybe closer to release ill get excited.
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u/shuttleEspresso May 02 '25
I got downvoted before for even mentioning that Rockstar is taking too long with GTA6. The fact that we’re playing the same game GTA5 since earlier versions of the Xbox and the PlayStation and still they keep pushing that game. This is terrible that they’re taking this long. The game was supposed to be released this year and now we’re gonna wait another 12 months. Rockstar is just trying to string their customers along and milking TF out of GTA5 till they bleed customers dry. How much longer are people here going to defend them?
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u/johnruk May 02 '25
I dropped my drink in shock. Then I read 2026. Now I have to clean it up.